Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, July 2016
11 severe thunderstorm watches in July 2016. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in July 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 11
- Busiest day
- July 8, 20163 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Wise, City of Norton | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Buckingham and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 28 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arlington County4
- Culpeper County4
- Fairfax County4
- Fauquier County4
- Loudoun County4
- Madison County4
- Prince William County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Stafford County4
- City of Alexandria4
- City of Fairfax4
- City of Falls Church4
- City of Fredericksburg4
- City of Manassas4
- City of Manassas Park4
- Greene County3
- King George County3
- Orange County3
- Spotsylvania County3
- Lee County3
- Appomattox County3
- Bedford County3
- Campbell County3
- Pittsylvania County3
- City of Danville3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Page County3
- Rockingham County3
- Shenandoah County3
- Warren County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Winchester3
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Wise County2
- City of Norton2
- Bland County2
- Botetourt County2
83 more counties
- Carroll County2
- Charlotte County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Franklin County2
- Giles County2
- Grayson County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Montgomery County2
- Patrick County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Smyth County2
- Tazewell County2
- Wythe County2
- City of Galax2
- City of Martinsville2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Brunswick County2
- Greensville County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- City of Emporia2
- Amherst County2
- Buckingham County2
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- City of Bristol1
- Amelia County1
- Caroline County1
- Charles City County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Cumberland County1
- Dinwiddie County1
- Essex County1
- Fluvanna County1
- Gloucester County1
- Goochland County1
- Hanover County1
- Henrico County1
- Isle of Wight County1
- James City County1
- King and Queen County1
- King William County1
- Louisa County1
- Mathews County1
- Middlesex County1
- New Kent County1
- Nottoway County1
- Powhatan County1
- Prince Edward County1
- Prince George County1
- Southampton County1
- Surry County1
- Sussex County1
- York County1
- City of Colonial Heights1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Hopewell1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Petersburg1
- City of Poquoson1
- City of Richmond1
- City of Suffolk1
- City of Williamsburg1
- Albemarle County1
- Augusta County1
- Highland County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Rockbridge County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Covington1
- City of Lexington1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.